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Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Propose Nuclear Weapons Agreements In Upcoming Talks With China

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, November 5th, 2021

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Dem Lawmakers Urge Biden To Propose Nuclear Weapons Agreements In Upcoming Talks With China

People's Liberation Army's Bayi Building in Beijing, China. (DoD photo by Army Sgt. Amber I. Smith)

A group of Democratic lawmakers are urging President Biden to prioritize nuclear weapons strategic agreements in discussions with China, to include pushing for greater transparency and measures they say could avoid a potential arms race. In a letter to Biden ahead of his upcoming virtual meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.), the co-chairs of the new Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control Working Group,…

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